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This book has a number of serious problems that lead me to rate it as very poor.

First, it is unbelievable that a publisher would allow a book to be released that contains dozens of grammatical errors. It is an English teacher's dream book. There are a number of run-on and awkward sentences, a couple of fragments and a perpetual confusion of when to use "its" and "it's".

Second, the book is completely unorganized. One minute, she is talking about University housing and then, starts a travelogue on Portland, OR. There is no transition or a page break. The book could have been much stonger had the author taken the time to organize it in a logical way.

Third, the formatting of the text of bizarre. For example, on page 57, she is talking about moderate accommodations in San Francisco and the next paragraph deals with Los Angeles. There are no headings or transactions whatsoever. In Appendix A, there is a chart of air couriers where the text and numbers all run together.

Fourth, a number of the references that she quotes at the end have been out of publication for almost eight years like the Budget Lodging Guide. Their website clearly states that the book ceased publication in 1996 and would not be reissued.

Fifth, there is far too much "third party" data which indicates that the author has not been to a place that she is recommending. In numerous cases, she uses "I have been told that ...". I would rather that she stick to places that she has personal knowledge of.

Sixth, she directs the reader to places in some fairly rough neighborhoods without a mention that the area is crime-ridden. For example, she recommends a hostel in Harlem without a mention of the crime. While I am reluctant to steer folks away from certain parts of various cities, crine issues should be disclosed.

There are a lot of great budget travel books that are well written. I recommend the Moon Guides and the Lonely Planet guides as books that are far better than this one.

A travel book for the rest of us, How to Go Almost Anywhere for Almost Nothing is a genuine "how to" guide to travel the world--yes, you. Better yet, it shows how to see the soul of places, not the tourist traps. (If you want glitz, ALSO buy one of those destination-specific travel guides.) The book is divided into three sections. The first part is the best. Memorize it. That's where you'll find the real tricks of travel, such as how to fly as low as. . .well, free. Room and board can be as low as $10 a night, and also free, sometimes. What can I say, this book delivers! There are also hints to avoid scams. The second part of the book is written letter-style, in which you "accompany" the author as you read, with anticipation for each succeeding adventure. The third part gives great advice on packing, monetary matters, security, and even what to do if you get sick mid-trip. Packed with specifics, but written with a warm and light touch, this book made this guy who has hardly ever left the city limits want to go Almost Everywhere, Almost Now-and believe that I can. Now, that's really saying something.

This is a wonderful book for folks who want to travel and think they can't afford it. How to Go Almost Anywhere for Almost Nothing is about seriously low-budget travel. It's packed with information about courier flights, alternative housing (college dormitories and monasteries), driveaway cars, and tips on the best way to get "bumped" from over-booked flights in order to score free tickets on future flights. As the author notes, this book is not for everyone. Folks who need control over their itinerary, who don't like surprises, and who are unaccustomed to roughing it, may not find this useful. On the other hand, for students and seniors on fixed income (the author is sixty-five) this book could provide a magic carpet. The second half of the book details the specifics of low-budget touristing in places the author has visited, including London, New York, San Francisco, Rome, Singapore, Bangkok, and other major cities around the world. The appendix lists contact information for courier countries and budget travel guides. A unique and spirited travel guide for the serendipitously-inclined.

The Big Apple definition in the book is wrong again. Other guide books have it right, but LET'S GO just doesn't care about accuracy.

I have been to NYC on two vacations. I bought this book before my second vacation and had a much better time thanks to Let's Go. I highly recommend this book! It has very useful and easy to read maps, great info on places to stay, eat, and what to do, plus great bits of history about each part of the city. I wouldn't go to NYC without it!

I recently relocated to New York City with only this book in hand. It has been invaluable in helping me find my way around as well as finding fun things to do.

I think Stella's got too much time on her hands-and wants a lot of money anyway she can get it. Tell me-Did she get her groove back or not?

This book proves that pleasure is not just a self-indulgent pursuit of shallow people but a very positive and profound way to approach life. Dr. Resnick gives good information substantiated by research that the better you feel the more energy you have and the better you treat others. Her writing style is clear, personal, and reads easily. Most important, I could really relate to her examples and I used her exercises at the end of the chapters to experiment with some of her suggestions. It has made a real difference in my life and all the people I have recommended the book to have also gotten a lot out of it. I can honestly say that reading The Pleasure Zone has been a powerful experience and I'm happy to pass on the good news.

Stella is an excellent writer and speaker. This book really encourages you to focus on yourself, and your feelings. If you really want to find out how to discover your own "pleasure zone" and enjoy life again, read this book! It's wonderful!

I was not happy to see there is no table of contents. I guess the book contents are a secret? Why is there only one review, and after being published for over a year and a half? Not a very promising showing for a book with a one reader - five star rating. Based on lack of information and lack of reader interest I give the book one star. I have decided to go with the Sedona Method. Sorry Patty, better luck next time. Why not buy ratings like some of the best selling authors? Just offer lots of free stuff if people buy your book and give you a good rating. Lots' of folks do it. Do a search on wealth and prosperity and there isn't a single book that did gets it's ratings the good old fashion way, they bought them! Ask Joe Vitale. He even sells books on how to do just that.

Too bad for the loser that did buy and rate your book. I bet they feel like a chump.

I read this book after reading "Sedona Method".
The author is a psychologist who learned Sedona Method and use them in her clinical work. This book introduce many creative ways of releasing.

I started reading the book without any expectations and was amazed at how it made me understand myself and the tensions and "fights" I have within myself. The very practical means of achieiving a "letting go" (or release) is very simple, yet very powerful. Stephen Covey said in his book to focus on the Circle of Influence on not the Circle of Concern. Although I believed this, I do not think that I was always succesful in achieving this. Dr. Carrington's book helped me to really grow as individual and be able to focus on my Circle of Influence. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and found it of great value.

This book is actually a real page turner. Every one of the obituaries in this book are amusing, and many are good for full belly laughs. I received this book as a gift, and I was apprehensive at first (worrying that they'd be gross), but I was pleasantly surprised.

Originally, I was loaned a copy by a friend and wound up buying a pile for gifts. It is a great "Groaner" and has been passed around the office for weeks. When you hear, "EEEEEUUUUUUUU" over the cubicle walls you know what they're reading!

This is a book that will just make you laugh and after your done you will want to pass it on as i did. After i did i was sorry that i had, as you want to share it with company for some laughs. It is a book that should just be sitting around the house for all to pick up and look at. A great bathroom book.

I picked this book up because of it's catchy title and to find out where I fit in. I found a few helpful hints but this book will really help those women who really do believe they need to be taken care of and do not know how to break away. At the end of the book, I found the list of items to do with developing a stronger character helpful. Definately a book to share with women I know.

I found this book to be very enlightening. I am the person the author writes about in the book.

I try to be helpful, help other people with their job, and am willing to put myself all out because someone else doesn't pull hi/her own wreight. The author says we women shouldn't be helping subordinates do their job. It keeps us from sharpening our own skills - therefore preventing adbvancements. Instead we should be training the person under us to do our job so we will be able to move on and a replacement is readily available. I've started following the author's advice. I am giving my assistant more responsibility. She can do clerical jobs better than I can. She likes the responsibility, and it frees me to do the more difficult tasks in my job. Now, if I can just apply this to my family........ Oh, well, you can't win them all!

I read this book because a friend of mine with low self-esteem mentioned it. I look out for my friends, so I wanted to see what he was feeding his mind. I e-mailed him immediately to tell him to stop reading it.

To give credit where it's due, the Part 1 of this book is OK--but not great. If nothing else, it might give the shy guy a little confidence boost, and a few grooming tips. Granted, that's what a lot of folks are looking for, but there are certain to be better sources than this one. Part 2 is a long, silly list. It's a list of places to meet people and one-liners that no one looking for a relationship should seriously consider using. It's also a waste of time to read, and paper to print it on. You'd get better advice from the Roxbury guys from Saturday Night Live.

The authors of this book (it is readable--again, credit is due) attest that the techniques work. Honestly, though, I don't think I'd want to date anyone that they worked on. Maybe I had too much confidence to begin with when I read this book. Maybe I just don't want my friend laughed at or look upon with derision as the sleazy lounge lizard. Let this one stay on the shelf.

If you are lonely and want to meet someone special you have to read this book immediately. It worked for me like magic.

I thought that this was a great book for my first year hunter students!!! However maybe the title is a bit misleading, as some of the kids thought that just by reading the book they were guaranteed an armfull of ribbons! However it illustrated proper turnout and horsemanship well!!

This book covers everything a young rider needs to know about showing. It has descriptions of different classes, helpful hints and trouble shooting, and it's easy to understand. If an adult tried to read it, it might not be as helpful. But overall, a great book!

Please! Resaurants are to children what fire is to the Scarecrow! I found this book extremely disappointing because more than half of it focuses on dining and museums both of which most children I know would loath to enter. It listed places like Greens Restaurant (an excellent choice but not for kids) and Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. Both of these would be sheer torture for the average 4 to 9 year old. I really can't understand how the publisher allowed this book to be released as guide for children's activities. The author takes the trouble to list such overexposed restaurants as the Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood (a guide for teenagers maybe?) and misses many of the authentic pleasures for kids in Northern California. There are a few good children's activities listed like the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Oakdale but the bulk of the book is strictly for adults. I want my money back!

My children really enjoyed visiting about 270 places out of the over 300 places identified in this book. The age range for each visit was given, so we were able to pick and choose appropriate places to visit. The phone numbers and the dates/times the places are open are invaluable. The places are listed in geographic order, so you can visit the places pretty much in order.

Unfortunately, it has been over four years since the book was updated, so much of the information is outdated. We are looking forward eagerly for the next edition.

I received this over 3 years ago as an anniversay gift from my wife. Our son was 4 months old at the time. Since then, we have put this guide to great use. On weekdays, my wife and son use it. On weekends my son and I use it for guy-bonding adventures. Sometimes all three of us get to the same fun place together, particularly on vacation.

The book will become part of our family history as we scribble our son's date 1st visited in the margin next to each entry.

Yes, it's due for revision. We hope 2001 will bring an update for those so inclined to want one. We'll hang onto our copy and keep scrawling in our own updates and corrections.

We've been to six of the destinations on the Top 11 Places list in the front. That list is handy to give us a goal to get ourselves to every place on that list.

My son's personal favorites include SF Exploratorium, Six Flags Marine World, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Jack London State Historic Park, Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park. There are also gems of little museums that I have enjoyed bringing him along to enjoy, such as the Silverado Museum in St Helena which pays tribute to Robert Louis Stevenson. Without this book, we would never have found such a rich variety of fun places to share with our son.

Get it and "365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child," by Steve & Ruth Bennett. Your children will thank you much later for the time you spent being with them!

This book is just a rehash of existing Linux documentation and HOWTOs, but with more typos. It had a handful of new insights, but not enough to warrant buying this book. Instead, I highly recommend Matt Welsh's "Running Linux (3rd Edition)".

This book looked great in the bookstore. However, it is a strange book. It feels very rough, rushed. It assumes the reader knows some techy stuff about GCC and compiling kernels, but then assumes the reader doesn't know what 'ls' does! In many places, this book tries to cater to two audiences (newbie and advanced), but misses the mark. To be fair, I have found some useful new tips. Unfortunately, there are serious typos on seemingly every other page.

I saw the book on the shelf and noticed it wasn't the same old "here's Linux and here's what it does" stuff. There's a wide range of material here, some rather elementary, some advanced, almost all suitable to everyone working with Linux. I learned quite a bit from the advanced stuff and a friend used the early chapters to help get going.